Research

Searching and Research Sites

In addition to Googleing for information (which is always fun), the sites below are especially suitable for elementary school students. The HISD licensed sites will require a password when accessed from home. Students can get those passwords from Ms. Hiller or our librarian, Ms. Oubre.

HISD

Non-HISD

KidsClick! - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
Awesome Library - Education Search Engine - http://www.awesomelibrary.org/searche.html
Yahooligans! - http://www.yahooligans.com/
Ask for Kids - http://www.askkids.com/
Fact Monster - http://www.factmonster.com/

Countries Around the World Festival

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Step 1: Work on gathering our notefacts for our country report. Visit www.readwritethink.org Fact Fragment Frenzy to see what your child will be aiming for in terms of taking notes for expository writing.
Step 2: Organizing our notes
Step 3: Writing our paper (in class) and working on our poster (in class)
Step 4: Presentation

If you are interested in how I teach the children to approach their personal narrative writing, you can view this power point presentation: http://www.twa.net/Powerpoint/Magnifying_files/frame.htm

Countries Resources for Researching